Maine Attorneys General, 1820-
Attorneys General Portraits, 1820-1965, at Maine State Archives
YEAR
ATTORNEY GENERAL
LEGISLATIVE SERVICE
1820-1831
Erastus Foote, Wiscasset
H 1841; S1820
1832-1833
Jonathan P. Rogers, Bangor
S 1834
1834-1837
Nathan Clifford, Newfield
H 1831-1834
1838
Daniel Goodenow, Alfred
H 1825, 1827, 1830
1839-1840
Stephen Emery, Paris
None found
1841
Daniel Goodenow, Alfred
H 1825, 1827, 1830
1842-1845
Otis L. Bridges, Calais
None found
1845-1847
Wyman B.S. Moor, Waterville
H 1839
1847-1848
Samuel H. Blake, Bangor
H 1855, 1862-1863; S 1840, 1842
1849-1852
Henry Tallman, Bath
S 1844-1845
1853-1855
George Evans, Portland
H 1826-1829
1856-1857
John S. Abbott, Norridgewock
H 1854
1857-1859
Nathan D. Appleton, Alfred
H 1829, 1847-1848; S 1830
1860
G.W. Ingersoll, Bangor (died)
H 1854-1855
1860-1863
Josiah H. Drummond, Portland
H 1857-1859, 1869; S 1860
1864-1866
John A. Peters, Bangor
H 1864; S 1862-1863
1867-1869
William P. Frye, Lewiston
H 1861-1862, 1867
1870-1872
Thomas B. Reed, Portland
H 1868-1869, S 1879
1873-1875
Harris M. Plaisted, Bangor
H 1867-1868
1876-1878
Lucilius A. Emery, Ellsworth
S 1874-1875, 1881-1882
1879
William H. McLellan, Belfast
S 1872
1880-1884
Henry B. Cleaves, Portland
H 1876, 1877
1885-1888
Orville D. Baker, Augusta
None found
1889-1892
Charles E. Littlefield, Rockland
H 1885-1888
1893-1896
Frederick A. Powers, Houlton
H 1885-1888, H 1891-1892
1897-1900
William T. Haines, Waterville
H 1895-1896, S 1889-1892
1901-1904
George M. Seiders, Portland
H 1878; S 1893-1896
1905-1908
Hannibal E. Hamlin, Ellsworth
H: 1893-1896; S 1899-1902
1909-1910
Warren C. Philbrook, Waterville
H 1897-1900
1911
Cyrus R. Tupper, Boothbay Harbor (resigned)
S 1905-1906
1911-1912
William R. Pattangall, Waterville
H 1897-1898, 1901-1902, 1909-1912
1913-1914
Scott Wilson, Portland
None found
1915-1916
William R. Pattangall, Waterville
H 1897-1898, 1901-1902, 1909-1912
1917-1920
Guy H. Sturgis, Portland
None found
1921-1924
Ransford W. Shaw, Houlton
S 1893-1896
1925-1928
Raymond Fellows, Bangor
None found
1929-1932
Clement F. Robinson, Portland
None found
1933-1936
Clyde R. Chapman, Belfast
None found
1937-1940
Franz U. Burkett, Portland
H 1929-1932, 1951-1952; S 1935-1936
1941-1944
Frank I. Cowan, Portland
H 1939-1940
1945-1950
Ralph W. Farris, Augusta
H 1929-34, S 1941-1944
1951-1954
Alexander A. LaFleur, Portland
H 1939-1942
1955-1958
Frank F. Harding, Rockland
H 1951-1952, S 1953-1954
1959-1964
Frank E. Hancock, York
H 1955-1958
1965-1966
Richard J. Dubord, Waterville
None found
1967-1972
James S. Erwin, York
H 1965-1966, S 1961-1962
1973-1974
Jon A. Lund, Augusta
H 1965-66, 1969-1972; S 1967-1968
1975-1978
Joseph E. Brennan, Portland
H 1965-70, S 1973-1974
1979-1980
Richard S. Cohen, Augusta
None found
1981-1990
James E. Tierney, Lisbon Falls
H 1973-1980
1991-1994
Michael Carpenter, Houlton
H 1975-1976, S 1977-1986, 2017-2020
1995-2000
Andrew Ketterer, Madison
H 1991-1994
2001-2008
G. Steven Rowe, Portland
H 1993-2000
2009-2010
Janet Mills, Farmington
H 2003-2010
2011-2012
William Schneider, Durham
H 1999-2002
2013-2018
Janet Mills, Farmington
H 2003-2010
2019-
Aaron Frey, Bangor
H 2013-2018
Sources:
A history of the law : the courts, and the lawyers of Maine, from its first colonization to the early part of the present century / By William Willis, 1863
Maine House Journal and Maine Senate Journal
Senate and House Registers
Laws of the State of Maine
Legislative Record
Legislators Biographical Database
LLMC (Law Library Microform Consortium) Digital Library
3/13/2026 A-Z List
Attorneys General Portraits, 1820-1965, at Maine State Archives
| YEAR | ATTORNEY GENERAL | LEGISLATIVE SERVICE |
| 1820-1831 | Erastus Foote, Wiscasset | H 1841; S1820 |
| 1832-1833 | Jonathan P. Rogers, Bangor | S 1834 |
| 1834-1837 | Nathan Clifford, Newfield | H 1831-1834 |
| 1838 | Daniel Goodenow, Alfred | H 1825, 1827, 1830 |
| 1839-1840 | Stephen Emery, Paris | None found |
| 1841 | Daniel Goodenow, Alfred | H 1825, 1827, 1830 |
| 1842-1845 | Otis L. Bridges, Calais | None found |
| 1845-1847 | Wyman B.S. Moor, Waterville | H 1839 |
| 1847-1848 | Samuel H. Blake, Bangor | H 1855, 1862-1863; S 1840, 1842 |
| 1849-1852 | Henry Tallman, Bath | S 1844-1845 |
| 1853-1855 | George Evans, Portland | H 1826-1829 |
| 1856-1857 | John S. Abbott, Norridgewock | H 1854 |
| 1857-1859 | Nathan D. Appleton, Alfred | H 1829, 1847-1848; S 1830 |
| 1860 | G.W. Ingersoll, Bangor (died) | H 1854-1855 |
| 1860-1863 | Josiah H. Drummond, Portland | H 1857-1859, 1869; S 1860 |
| 1864-1866 | John A. Peters, Bangor | H 1864; S 1862-1863 |
| 1867-1869 | William P. Frye, Lewiston | H 1861-1862, 1867 |
| 1870-1872 | Thomas B. Reed, Portland | H 1868-1869, S 1879 |
| 1873-1875 | Harris M. Plaisted, Bangor | H 1867-1868 |
| 1876-1878 | Lucilius A. Emery, Ellsworth | S 1874-1875, 1881-1882 |
| 1879 | William H. McLellan, Belfast | S 1872 |
| 1880-1884 | Henry B. Cleaves, Portland | H 1876, 1877 |
| 1885-1888 | Orville D. Baker, Augusta | None found |
| 1889-1892 | Charles E. Littlefield, Rockland | H 1885-1888 |
| 1893-1896 | Frederick A. Powers, Houlton | H 1885-1888, H 1891-1892 |
| 1897-1900 | William T. Haines, Waterville | H 1895-1896, S 1889-1892 |
| 1901-1904 | George M. Seiders, Portland | H 1878; S 1893-1896 |
| 1905-1908 | Hannibal E. Hamlin, Ellsworth | H: 1893-1896; S 1899-1902 |
| 1909-1910 | Warren C. Philbrook, Waterville | H 1897-1900 |
| 1911 | Cyrus R. Tupper, Boothbay Harbor (resigned) | S 1905-1906 |
| 1911-1912 | William R. Pattangall, Waterville | H 1897-1898, 1901-1902, 1909-1912 |
| 1913-1914 | Scott Wilson, Portland | None found |
| 1915-1916 | William R. Pattangall, Waterville | H 1897-1898, 1901-1902, 1909-1912 |
| 1917-1920 | Guy H. Sturgis, Portland | None found |
| 1921-1924 | Ransford W. Shaw, Houlton | S 1893-1896 |
| 1925-1928 | Raymond Fellows, Bangor | None found |
| 1929-1932 | Clement F. Robinson, Portland | None found |
| 1933-1936 | Clyde R. Chapman, Belfast | None found |
| 1937-1940 | Franz U. Burkett, Portland | H 1929-1932, 1951-1952; S 1935-1936 |
| 1941-1944 | Frank I. Cowan, Portland | H 1939-1940 |
| 1945-1950 | Ralph W. Farris, Augusta | H 1929-34, S 1941-1944 |
| 1951-1954 | Alexander A. LaFleur, Portland | H 1939-1942 |
| 1955-1958 | Frank F. Harding, Rockland | H 1951-1952, S 1953-1954 |
| 1959-1964 | Frank E. Hancock, York | H 1955-1958 |
| 1965-1966 | Richard J. Dubord, Waterville | None found |
| 1967-1972 | James S. Erwin, York | H 1965-1966, S 1961-1962 |
| 1973-1974 | Jon A. Lund, Augusta | H 1965-66, 1969-1972; S 1967-1968 |
| 1975-1978 | Joseph E. Brennan, Portland | H 1965-70, S 1973-1974 |
| 1979-1980 | Richard S. Cohen, Augusta | None found |
| 1981-1990 | James E. Tierney, Lisbon Falls | H 1973-1980 |
| 1991-1994 | Michael Carpenter, Houlton | H 1975-1976, S 1977-1986, 2017-2020 |
| 1995-2000 | Andrew Ketterer, Madison | H 1991-1994 |
| 2001-2008 | G. Steven Rowe, Portland | H 1993-2000 |
| 2009-2010 | Janet Mills, Farmington | H 2003-2010 |
| 2011-2012 | William Schneider, Durham | H 1999-2002 |
| 2013-2018 | Janet Mills, Farmington | H 2003-2010 |
| 2019- | Aaron Frey, Bangor | H 2013-2018 |
Sources:
A history of the law : the courts, and the lawyers of Maine, from its first colonization to the early part of the present century / By William Willis, 1863
Maine House Journal and Maine Senate Journal
Senate and House Registers
Laws of the State of Maine
Legislative Record
Legislators Biographical Database
LLMC (Law Library Microform Consortium) Digital Library
3/13/2026 A-Z List